The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-13

which we may read Tomorrow 1t contains no
display headlines yet it records in the
realistic way murder. such as that of Abel,
a suicide like that of Samson, or Abimelech.
Saul, Saurs armor-bearer. Ahithophel.
Narratives of thefts and robberies scattered
through its pages, accounts of family quarrelS
and separations for cause"
THE ''new theology isn't so very new after
all. In 1873 the Rev. Robert Breck pastor of
the First Church of Springfield. Mass, said
''What will become of the heather who never
heard of the gospel do not pretend to say, but
cannot but indulge hope that God in His bound
less benevolence will find out way whereby
those heather who act up to the light they have
may be saved" Mr.. Breck was called to task
for this utterance but nothing came of it. and
he occupied the Springfield pulpit for half a
century.
A NORWICH, Conn.,. man. who had stocked his
pond with a rare and handsome breed of ducks.
found that they were slowly disappearing, but
where they went he could not determine One
day visitor, sitting the piazza, said you've
got queer ducks. I've seen two of them dive,
but they haven't come up yet This was a
suggestion to be acted upon. The owner drew
off the water srom the pond. and found seven
teen swapping turtles He killed them, and
the ducks do not disappear, or at least when
they dive they come up again
FARMERS in York county, Pennsylvania, have
become somewhat excited overthe production of
pumpkins. Prof. Henry Snyder had vine that big
produced twentyseven pumpkins that weighed
367 pounds-the largest weighing twenty and
the smallest two pounds. The Professor put
considerable airs and felt that he some
pumpkins, until Henry Kohler, a neighboring
farmer. appeared in town with twelve pumpkins
which grew upon one vine on his lot and which
tipped the beam at 6sS pounds. The largest
weighed 133 and the smallest twenty-five pounds.
THE Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who has
lately been stopping over with venom against
Germany, was last year at dinner party the
neighbor Of the celebrated artist Rosa Bonheur,
and as he happened to find two almonds in the
same shell he became indebted to her philo-
pena Asked what it should be, Rosa Boaheur
choose animal tame enough to be used In her
studio as a model. She had forgotten all about
the matter. when lass month three young white
bears were presented to her by the Grand Duke
They are specially trained. and will form the
ornament of the little geological garden the ar
fist has gathered together in her villa at Fontaine
bleau.
BY the death of David Mahoney Washington
loses interesting character. For the last
quarter of century Mahoney has been William
McGarrahans hacker in the latters fight in Con-
gress to establish his claim to the New Idria
quicksilver mines, the richest mines of their kind
in the world. Mahoney and McGarrahan were
inseparable companions. Both had known what
it was to be worth millions and both had suffered
poverty Mahoney owned Crystal Lake. San
Francisco, and because he would not accept
81 800 900 which the city offered him for it he
died poor. He thought the lake was worth more
than two millions and half, and his pride would
not allow him to accept it,
IT may be remembered that the Pope, in max
ing suggestions about his nieces wedding toilet,
excluded '.Isabeau" as only suited for maturer
women. Few have even heard of or know what
the Isabeau tint is. The color takes its name
from the hue of certain garment Originally
white, by the bye) belonging to a certain Queen
Isabeau, of Spain, who registered q most solemn
and pious vow never to change it till the saints
should grant her arms substantial victory over
the Moors. The Spanish ladies. out of sincere
love for their royal mistress, soon adopted the
s'Isabeau tint" and continued it for long peri
cd out of gratitude to the saints for granting the
fervent appeal of her Catholic Majesty.
THE discussion of the question of the reunion
of the Northern and Southern Presbyterian
churches is bringing out some plain talk. A
Southern writer in a Southern Presby terian pa
per says In the course of argument in favor
of union, particularly as means of breaking
down some preiudices existing: SIT is
fact that very generally in the South any man
woman coming from the North to teach or
preach to the negroes will have to bear the bur-
den of social ostracism. 1t is a fact that South
sern men and women can preach to and teach the
negro and experience no ostraclsm Your
daughter, young lady though she be. can hang
in tender affection about the neck of the old
black NANNY and nobody think of it, but just
catch that New England woman trying it,"
LORD KINNAIRD. who is in New York with his
brethren of the peace commission, is jolly
looking, broad faced, big-headed gentleman.
dressed in rough, half-shaggy suit of muddy
brown, and is an excellent type in the healthful
vigor of the muscular Christianity that here and
there crops up among the English upper classes.
He attends religious conventions, does his part
of the preaching well, and loves the cricket and
football fields with all the ardor of titled
sportsman. 1t is even whispered that the race
course has no unchristian terrors for him, and
without parading the fact of his love for religion
and manly sports, he has grown to be recognized
at home as faithful follower of the ideas
broadly spread over England by that prince of
good fellows and heartiest Of Christian preach
ers, Charles Kingsley.
THE color of hair and eyes
May seldom much disclose,
But the color that never lies
Is the color of the
oil city Blizzard.